Gaming
Using PS5 in a vertical position can break the console
Sony has been claiming from day one that the PlayStation 5 console can be used both vertically and horizontally. However, the repair specialists stated that only a horizontal installation would be correct. Blogger 68Logic, who in 2010 owns a hardware repair shop in France, claims that vertical placement can be fatal for the console.
As it turned out, the problem may occur due to liquid metal (LM) in the cooling system. In theory, the processor and the heatsink of the cooling system are pressed very tightly against each other, so that the FCM cannot leak. However, practice has shown that sometimes this happens.
If the console is installed horizontally, then there are no consequences, since the liquid metal will remain in place even when heated and retain its properties. But when placed vertically, it can leak and get on other components of the system. It will also worsen the heat dissipation from the processor.
Because of this, there may be problems with overheating of the chip, increased power consumption, and so on. In addition, contact with the FCM on the board can lead to a short circuit.
Experts said that this is a flaw in the design of the console itself. There has been at least one recorded case of a PS5 standing upright in a box. At the same time, it was not unpacked, but after unpacking it could not be turned on.
It is not yet clear if this is a problem with all revisions of the console or only some. The company has not yet commented on the situation.
Gaming
Most games will run on the Snapdragon X Elite SoC. The performance issue is still open
Laptops based on the Qualcomm SoC of the Snapdragon X Elite line should appear on the market this summer. The first tests show that in terms of processor performance, at least in these very tests, the top platform of the line is very good. Now Qualcomm says games will run on the Snapdragon X Elite too.
More precisely, the company representative said that most games will run on Snapdragon X Elite. Here, of course, we are not talking about GPU performance, about which we still don’t really know anything, but about the technical side. Since we’re talking about the Arm platform, running software built for x86-bit architecture requires certain manipulations. Qualcomm says game developers will have three options to choose from.
First, they can port their games to ARM64 to achieve the best CPU performance and power consumption. Of course, no one will do this for the sake of laptops on Snapdragon X Elite at first.
Second, developers can create a hybrid ARM64EC application where Windows, its libraries, and Qualcomm drivers run natively, but the rest of the application is emulated to achieve near-native performance. This also requires additional actions from developers. But the third option is that developers can do practically nothing, and their games should still work, but using x64 emulation. It is not yet known how much performance will suffer. Let us remember that the problem is that Snapdragon X Elite does not support discrete video cards, that is, in any case, it relies only on its own GPU.
Components
Introduced inexpensive 4K ViewSonic monitor for MacBook and consoles
ViewSonic has released a new 27-inch monitor called the VG2781-4K, designed specifically for Apple Mac users. The monitor is now available on JD.com for $239.
The monitor has a minimalistic design, it is equipped with a narrow frame and a 27-inch 4K Ultra HD IPS screen with a frequency of 60 Hz and a brightness of 400 cd / m2. In terms of color accuracy, it boasts 10-bit color covering 100% of the sRGB color gamut, 95% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, and 92% of the Adobe RGB color gamut. The VG2781-4K is also recommended for use with PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch consoles.
It has 178-degree viewing angles and is equipped with two 3W speakers. The monitor stand supports tilt, height adjustment, left-right swivel and vertical rotation.
The monitor features a USB-C port (supports 96W PD charging), 2 HDMI 2.0 ports, 1 DP 1.2 port, 1 USB-B 3.0 port, and 3 USB-A 3.0 ports. It can stream 4K images, data, and charge your MacBook or mobile devices using a USB-C cable.
Components
What happens if you run a game with ray tracing only on the processor without using a video card? Tests showed that there will be 1 fps
Modern video cards already do a good job with ray tracing, although a lot depends on its implementation. Now it is possible to run tracing on the CPU.
The developer of the Mesa library has implemented support for ray tracing on the processor in Vulkan and tested it in Quake II RTX. Even at 720p resolution, performance was only 1 fps. True, for some reason the authors did not indicate the processor model, which makes the tests not particularly clear, but, on the other hand, it is unlikely that professionals would use any old CPU for such a task.
Be that as it may, if the most powerful modern CPUs with a huge number of cores can already cope with games that are undemanding by modern standards without a GPU at all, they are unlikely to be able to do ray tracing yet.
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